- Fri Apr 15, 2022 12:54 pm
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Hi there
I bought a Venus fly trap last October and it seemed to be doing well overall. I got it from Etsy , and not sure which variety it is but it is ~2 yrs old and makes green traps about 1 cm long. It came in a small container about 2" high and 1.5" wide . It's only really good at catching the smallest bugs because I tried to cut up some worms and feed it and the traps didn't do well at keeping it, but it was pretty good at catching bugs by itself, when i kept it outside in November.
During the winter I put it in the garage because I'm in Atlanta where it does get sub freezing sometimes and I had it in a very small pot. In the garage too it seemed to be doing well and the leaves were green all 3 months.
Around March I brought it back into the open, and after a few weeks I moved it to a bigger pot, thinking it might grow this season. I made sure to use organic no fertilizer peat moss and perlite mix (1:1 ratio I think). I only make sure to water it using harvested rain water which I collect in buckets whenever I can. The weather has been fluctuating between 35-75 and my vft seems to be withering. There are very few green leaves left and new ones that do come up eventually seem to grow and the actual trap seems to turn brown and die without even growing to size.
Not sure if it needs something, the soil seems to be moist to touch and I water it from the base by keeping it in a bigger container so the roots can feel the moisture. I have no idea how deep the roots are now though.
I bought a Venus fly trap last October and it seemed to be doing well overall. I got it from Etsy , and not sure which variety it is but it is ~2 yrs old and makes green traps about 1 cm long. It came in a small container about 2" high and 1.5" wide . It's only really good at catching the smallest bugs because I tried to cut up some worms and feed it and the traps didn't do well at keeping it, but it was pretty good at catching bugs by itself, when i kept it outside in November.
During the winter I put it in the garage because I'm in Atlanta where it does get sub freezing sometimes and I had it in a very small pot. In the garage too it seemed to be doing well and the leaves were green all 3 months.
Around March I brought it back into the open, and after a few weeks I moved it to a bigger pot, thinking it might grow this season. I made sure to use organic no fertilizer peat moss and perlite mix (1:1 ratio I think). I only make sure to water it using harvested rain water which I collect in buckets whenever I can. The weather has been fluctuating between 35-75 and my vft seems to be withering. There are very few green leaves left and new ones that do come up eventually seem to grow and the actual trap seems to turn brown and die without even growing to size.
Not sure if it needs something, the soil seems to be moist to touch and I water it from the base by keeping it in a bigger container so the roots can feel the moisture. I have no idea how deep the roots are now though.
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